NetBeans Weekly News - Issue #10

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Issue #10 - April 9, 2001
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So, the release! It is progressing. We are getting ready to make a
first release candidate of 3.2, and after RC1 will start reviewing
potential bugfixes.
  Subject: [NB 3.2] RC1 build
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05561.html>
  Subject: [NB 3.2] Development mode after RC1
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05374.html>

The bug situation is still aggravating, BUT many bugs were fixed in
the last week so there is hope for a stable release.
  Subject: NB 3.2 bugs statistics (Week 4)
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05564.html>
   or: <http://qa.netbeans.org/release32/nb32-stats-w04.html>

MacOS X! URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/articles/mac.html>

We have an Upgrade Wizard as the first thing you see, to make sure
users of old releases are not left out in the cold.
  Subject: Re: Import from previous versions - Can we add a GUI version?
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05359.html>
And of course we need to make sure the import really works, reliably.
  Subject: RE: [Win2K NB 3.2.19] What if you import NB 3.1.36 projects...
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg05769.html>

Does anyone still use the JSP Wizard? Should we keep it?
  Subject: REMOVE JSP Wizard
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05395.html>
For that matter does anyone still use JDK 1.2.2? Should we bother?
  Subject: RE: Do we still want to support JDK 1.2?
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05464.html>

If we don't have a window manager FAQ, maybe we need one:
  Subject: RE: Window placement under linux
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg05856.html>
And Linux users may want to try Petr Nejedly's antialiasing trick:
  Subject: Re: Linux JDK... no AA <--- :(
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbusers/msg05884.html>

The JAR Packager gets some UI fixes: set up the important stuff in
the wizard, rather than searching for that property sheet later.
  Subject: Jarpackager Wizard
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05540.html>
  Subject: Integrated jar packager wizard enhancement into release32
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05559.html>
And should we just have generic archive support in the future?
  Subject: RE: Archive Packagers (JAR, ZIP, CAB, LZX etc...)
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05434.html>

The About box now shows information, well, About the product. Neat!
  Subject: Re: Helping users find their settings directory.
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg01649.html>

Our intrepid David Konecny is hot on the trail of the infamous focus
bug involving the wrong editor tab getting keystrokes. Stay tuned...
  Subject: focus problem / wrong document getting editted
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05340.html>
Seems like we have some problems with Swing thread usage, so find them:
  Subject: How to find Swing-called-from-non-AWT-EventQueue-thread bugs
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05467.html>

Nice perspective on use of keys rather than mouse and comparing to Emacs:
  Subject: netbeans vs xemacs
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg01711.html>

Are tooltips really that useful or do we need to show more descriptive
summaries of what nodes are for?
  Subject: Re: Proposed additional guidelines about use of badged icons...
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbui/msg01720.html>

Do we support character encodings like UTF-8 well enough? What is needed?
  Subject: Re: Unicode support for OpenFile & JavaEditor
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05547.html>

ide.log could move up out of the system folder:
  Subject: Re: Let's move the ide.log into different directory
  URL: <http://www.netbeans.org/www-nbdev/msg05555.html>

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